Aug 26 Watch 3:15 News Wrap: Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech, nuclear plant in Ukraine reconnected to grid By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, Moderna announced it's suing Pfizer and BioNTech accusing them of copying its technology for their COVID vaccine, workers at a nuclear plant in Ukraine began reconnecting it to the power grid, Britain says the war… Continue watching
Jun 15 EPA says ‘forever chemicals’ pose a health risk even at very low levels By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than previously thought — and pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot currently be detected. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 7:25 Why PFAS are so impervious, and who is most at risk from the forever chemicals By Miles O'Brien, Fedor Kossakovski The new infrastructure law contains $10 billion for cleaning up drinking water that has been contaminated by a specific group of man-made chemicals. But problems with "forever chemicals" go back decades, and are located in many places around the U.S. Continue watching
Oct 18 EPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds used in products including cookware, carpets and firefighting foams. Continue reading
Apr 17 White House moves to weaken EPA rule on toxic compounds By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Documents released Friday show the White House stepped in to limit the scope of a pending rule that would target imports of products tainted with a toxic industrial compound. Continue reading
Jan 22 ‘Forever chemicals’ found in drinking water in dozens of cities By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Researchers sampled drinking water at more than 40 locations in 31 states between May and December of 2019. Continue reading
Jan 10 The House just voted to regulate PFAS. Here’s what you need to know By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Friday that would set a deadline for the EPA to implement a national drinking water standard for chemicals known as PFAS. Continue reading
Dec 31 Sanders says he’ll enact national clean water standards for PFAS By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Sen. Bernie Sanders said as president, he will create national clean water standards for PFAS and other chemicals in an effort to guarantee clean drinking water “as a human right.”… Continue reading
Jun 03 FDA food testing finds contamination by PFAS and other ‘forever chemicals’ By Ellen Knickmeyer, John Flesher, Michael Casey, Associated Press The levels in nearly half of the meat and fish tested were double or more the only currently existing federal advisory level for any kind of the widely used manmade compounds. Continue reading
Aug 12 What are PFASs, the toxic chemicals being found in drinking water? By Mark Scialla Six million Americans are exposed to hazardous levels of PFAS chemicals due pollution from military and industrial sites, according to a new study from Harvard University. Continue reading